Every spring I take the ferry from Osaka to Tokushima to let loose my Ducati Hyperstrada on the winding mountain roads of Shikoku. I look forward to this trip all year. It's pure me time. The roads of Shikoku are kept in excellent condition as a way to support rural communities, even though very few cars use them. The scenery they travel through is stunningl...
It was his fortieth birthday, and I had decided that it was to be a memorable one. Paul and I had been married for five years. He was ten years older than me. So, I was twenty when I married him. Already at thirty, he had this salt and pepper hair that makes women look unkempt but makes men look sophisticated and dangerous. So he was, I was later to find out...
"I'm sorry to interrupt," Faye said hesitantly, having appeared in a flash on the Firing Range a minute earlier. "You two can kiss for a really long time!" John and Dana parted, both turning to smile at the sprite. "That's alright, Faye," John said, releasing the redhead from his embrace. "What's up?" "I just wanted to let you know that we've arrived at...
Naruto was surprised to wake up in his own bed, to say the least. He'd been sure that a sand ninja had turned the foundations to dust in the battle ye- Naruto shot upright. The battle! What had happened? Last he remembered, he'd been sprinting full tilt at the battle between Orochimaru and the old timer. A shimmering blue wall had flickered into existence in...
The package had arrived whilst she was suspended in Raion's Garden. Sakura had totally forgotten that it was due today, the item had been on back order for over a month and her excitement at the continually illuminating times spent with her Teacher had filled her mind with more sensual considerations. Sakura's hands were shaking with excitement as she care...
In the hot steamy jungle of the Amazon, Sakura took the love of her life, Angel, by the hand and gazed into her green eyes. As their lips met, their sweat-soaked skin pressed against their matching tan brown explorer outfits. When their lips parted, Sakura giggled as she saw Angel's red hair sitting neatly underneath her pith helmet. Angel giggled as well an...
It's been months since Sasuke and Naruto's final battle. After the battle, Sakura was happy to see they had gone back to being friends but there was one obstacle who was she going to start looking into the most in terms of a relationship? Would it be her childhood crush or the man she had grown to have a crush for. Naruto just returned to the village from a...
Sakura sat perfectly upright on the Hinoki Cypress bath stool and focused determinedly on a single speck of dust that was clinging desperately to a slight imperfection in the wall opposite. Her breathing was slow and steady as required and her body relaxed yet poised. Much patience had been needed to overcome the almost overwhelming wish to blink, but time,...
Raion had spent the morning sitting near the Shinto Shrine at the edge of His village. He often spent time there alone, contemplating, enjoying the quiet breeze and in season the fragrance of cherry blossom from the beautiful orchard that formed a perfect background to the sanctuary. Today He felt particularly blessed. His spirit had been low, an emptiness h...
The first thing Admiral Lynton did when John agreed to destroy the Kintark base was to supply him with the location of his target. As his exceptionally gifted Tactical Officer had already deduced, they were tasked with travelling to the Mar'Katrach Nebula to seek out and eliminate the hidden resupply station. John had bid Admiral Gabrielle Lynton farewell, a...